Nipple attachment for rubber hose.



APPLICATION FILED MAY 12.1909.

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-hose off the nipple.

JOHN S.PATTERSON, OF CHELSEA, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO REVERE RUBBER COMPANY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

NIPPLE ATTACHMENT FOR RUBBER/ HOSE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 7, 19 11.

Application filed May 12, 1909. 'Serial No. 495,431.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN S. PATTERSON, a citizen of the United States, residing-at Chelsea, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Nipple Attachments for Rubber Hose, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to means for attaching to a rubber hose the nipple or metallic pipe which enters the end portion of the hose and serves for connecting it to any piping system, such for example as water, steam or compressed air pipes.

The object of the invention is to provide a much stronger union than heretofore be- .tween the rubber hose and the metal nipple,

and so strong that it is impossible by any pressure short of that which would destroy either the hose or the nipple, to blow the The invention contemplates that the nipple, hose, and fastening device, shall all be vulcanized together so as to make the most intimate union possible. In the accompanying drawings,Figure 1, is a longitudinal mid-section partly in elevation, showing the preferred embodi= ment of my invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse section half in the plane of the line 2' and half in the plane of the line 2 in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an elevation of one of the rings. Fig. 4 is a fragmentary section of a modificationf Referring to the drawings, let A desighate the rubber hose of any known or suit able construction, and B the nip le, which is a length of iron or other pipe, being commonly screwthreaded at a. The hose is shown with the usual inner lining of rubber 7), and with as many layers or plies 0 of duck or other woven fabric as are desired to give the requisite strength, and with an outer covering d. this being the usual construction of hose. The ,nipple is formed exteriorly with a suitable number of shallow grooves c e, which preferably should have abrupt shoulders orside walls. Into these grooves are shrunk rings C C, which are preferably rounded upon their outer surfaces so that when shrunk into the grooves they form rounded ribs or beads encircling thenipple at intervals. They should be suitably spaced apart to receive bet-ween them the clamping bands to be described. The nipnipple before winding the fabric layers 0 forming the wall of the hose. forming these layers is wound on so as to conform to the rings of the nipple, so that a perfect union is formed between the lining tube 6 and the duck layers 0 and the external surface of the nip le. lVhen the necessary number of plies o fabric or duck have been wound on to make the wall of the unfinished hose of the desired thickness, and while the hose is still in the unvulcanized state, clamping bands D D are applied between and on each side of the rings C C. The best way to construct these bands is to wind wire under tension around the unfinished hose. The wall of the hose being at this time soft and pliable, allows the Wire thus wound an under pressure to sink in and conform the fabric of the hose to the nipple between and on opposite sides of the rings. The ends of the wires are fastenedin any suitable way, preferably by soldering them together, this being done while still under tension, so that it keeps the wire from slipping or relaxing. At this stage the hose might be vulcanized, but it is preferable for the sake of appearance to then cover the wire bands with rubber and one or more plies of duck, and apply the outside covering of rubber, which is usually applied on the The fabric outside of all hose; and which in this case is made continuous over the joint with the opposite covering on the body or main length of the hose. Elie hose is then vulcanized so that the nippleis made as it were a component part of the hose, being so intiinately united that it is absolutely impossible to blow it out by any pressure that both the hose and the pipe could withstand. If the wire were applied after the hose. was vulcanized, it would be impossible to get the same compression as is attainable by applying it in the unvulcanized state, at which time it'more readily compresses the rubber and fabric layers of the hose, and forms a more intimate union with the nipple.

Heretbfore the methodsof connection of a hose and nipple have beenpractically unsatisfactory for heavy purposes. By one method high pressures the entry of the soft rubber lining of the hose into the shallow grooves affords insufiicient hold to resist the pressure,

and the hose blows ofl the nipple. An

- other method commonly used consists in similarly forming the nipple with shallow grooves, forcing the nipple into the hose, and then applying clamping rings around the hose which, when drawn together by their screws, are supposed'to compress the hose into the grooves; but in applying these ringshit is very diflicult to "locate them so as to coincide with the grooves, there being no suflicient outward indication ofthe location of the grooves, so that the rings are. often wrongly applied; and even when correctly applied they serve only to force the soft rubber lining of the hose into the shallow grooves, so that the hold is not suflicient to resist any very. heavy pressure. By my invention the grooves in the nipple do not e11- gage the rubber at all, but are merely designed to prevent any possible slipping of the rings which are shrunk into them. Indeed the grooves are not absolutely indispensable, since if the rings are merely shrunk upon the outer surface of the nipple they make a far stronger joint than with the constructions heretofore used. Instead of grooving the nipple, the rings may be otherwise fastened thereon, as for example by forging or welding them upon the nipple; or instead of rings applied upon the nipple, the latter may be upset in such manner as to swell it outwardly where theridges formed by the rings are to come, as shown in Fig. 4, where B is the nipple and C is the ridge or circumferential rib which constitutes the equivalent of the shrunk-on ring.

Under the old methods of connection with large discharge hose under heavy pressure,-

to endure it. This pressure was equal to a longitudinal pull of 32,000 pounds, whereas a third of this pressure would have blown out thenipple with either of the old methods of connection.

I claim as my invention:

l. A hose nipple connection comprising a hose formed of layers of fabric and rubber, a nipple having a cylindrical surface and a circumferential rib, said rib projecting beyondthe normal internal diameter of the fabric layers, the latter being, expanded over said rib, and clamping bands applied to the hose on either side of this rib to force vcumferential ribs, spaced apart and leaving a -cylindrical surface of the nipple between them. said ribs projecting beyond the nor-.

mal internal diameterof the fabric layers, the latter being expanded over said ribs, and a clamping band nearly as wide as such intervening surface applied to the hose -betweensuch ribs to force the hose into inti-.

mate contact with the cylindrical surface of the nipple between .the'ribs, and the hose being vulcanized upon the nipple.

3. A hose nipple connection comprising a hose of layers of rubber and fabric, a nipple having externally a plurality of circumferential ribs extending beyond the normal internal diameter of the fabric layer, and clamping bands applied to the hose noncoincidentally with said ribs, and the hose being vulcanized to unite the parts-permanently.

4. A hose 'nipple"connection comprising a hose, a nipple having externally a plurality of'circumferential ribs, and clamping bands applied to the hose non coincidentally with said ribs, the hose having an outer covering of rubber and fabric inclosing said bands,

and the hose vulcanized to unite the parts permanently. I

In witness whereof, I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. v

' JOHN S. PATTERSON.

Witnesses:

CHARLES M. ADAMS, AucUs'rUs R. Tm. 

